Sans serif · Raphaël Ronot
Alan Sans
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CSSfont-family: 'Alan Sans', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Alan Sans is a free sans serif by Raphaël Ronot and Samar Zureik, on Google Fonts since 2025. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Alan Sans has an average x-height, is wider than 65% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 72%. Its thickest strokes are 1.2 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Spinnaker
Alan Sans on one light table with its two closest fonts, Spinnaker (77 out of 100) and Zamero Sans (76). Spinnaker is 7% lighter; Zamero Sans is 7% heavier.
Alan Sans and Spinnaker laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Alan SansSpinnaker…
Most different letters first; the figure is the share of ink the fonts have in common. Where the fonts agree the letters cancel to black: every white sliver is a real difference.
02 / Letters
The Alan Sans alphabet
Capitals, lowercase, figures and signs · weight 400
Tap the letters you like, here and in other fonts, to find the fonts whose letters look most like them.
- &
- ?
- !
- @
- %
- (
- )
03 / Weights
Alan Sans in 7 weights
7 weights, 300–900 · variable from 300 to 900
Variable weight, 300 to 900
- 300 Light
- 400 Regular
- 500 Medium
- 600 Semibold
- 700 Bold
- 800 Extra bold
- 900 Black
04 / Facts
Who made Alan Sans, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Raphaël Ronot, Samar Zureik
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 7 weights, 300–900
- Variable axes
- Weight 300–900
- On Google Fonts since
- 2025
- Character sets
- arabic, latin, latin-ext
- Licence
- SIL Open Font License 1.1
Can I use it?
- Commercial use
- Yes.
- Logos
- Yes.
- Websites and apps
- Yes. Self-hosted or loaded from Google Fonts.
- PDFs and documents
- Yes.
- Changes
- Yes.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Alan Sans is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. This is a plain summary, not legal advice: the licence itself decides.
Already in your apps?
- Google Docs
- Most likely. Under More fonts, in Sheets and Slides too. Google’s guide
- Word, PowerPoint
- No. Install it from Google Fonts first. Microsoft’s list
- Figma
- Yes. Built in, nothing to install. Figma’s help
- Canva
- Not verified. Search its font menu for Alan Sans, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Alan Sans under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Alan Sans, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 50.0% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 68.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.74lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 52.4% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 46%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.21 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightNear the middle of sans serifs
WidthWider than 65% of sans serifs
InkDarker than 72% of sans serifs
ContrastNear the middle of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Alan Sans
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Spinnaker777% lighter
- Zamero Sans767% heavier
- Work Sans7016% lighter · 5% wider
- Moderustic689% lighter
- Prodigy Sans6812% lighter
- Argentum Sans679% wider · x-height 6% taller
All 100 fonts similar to Alan Sans →Compare side by side →Get Alan Sans on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Alan Sans without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Zamero Sans76text 2.9% wider · same x-height
- Moderustic68text 1.9% wider · same x-height
- Prodigy Sans68same text width · same x-height
- Commissioner65text 2.7% narrower · same x-height
- Akt62text 1.8% narrower · same x-height
- NT Somic62text 0.6% wider · same x-height
Fallback while it loads
Until Alan Sans loads, this sets Arial in its place at 104.3% of its size, so running text keeps Alan Sans’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Alan Sans Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 104.32%;
ascent-override: 94.90%;
descent-override: 29.72%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Alan Sans', 'Alan Sans Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Alan Sans
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Alan Sans free for commercial use?
Yes. Alan Sans is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 , which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included.
How do I download and install Alan Sans?
FontKind doesn’t host Alan Sans’s files: it comes free from Google Fonts . On its page there, choose Get font, then Download all, and unzip the file. It holds one variable file for every style, and a static folder with a file per style: install one set or the other, not both. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each font file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open, Word included.
Is Alan Sans in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Alan Sans isn’t one of Microsoft 365’s cloud fonts. Installed, it is in Word’s font menu and PowerPoint’s. On Windows, its weights beyond Regular and Bold show as fonts of their own, such as Alan Sans Light and Alan Sans Black. For someone who hasn’t installed it, turn on Embed fonts in the file in Word’s save options: its licence allows that.
Is Alan Sans in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Alan Sans under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Alan Sans in Figma?
Yes: Alan Sans is in Figma’s font menu with all seven weights, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Alan Sans have?
Alan Sans comes in seven weights, from Light (300) to Black (900). It is a variable font: it takes any weight from 300 to 900.
Who designed Alan Sans?
Alan Sans was designed by Raphaël Ronot and Samar Zureik. It has been on Google Fonts since September 2025. Raphaël Ronot also made Minipax.
What fonts are similar to Alan Sans?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Spinnaker (77), Zamero Sans (76) and Work Sans (70), out of 100. Next to Alan Sans, Spinnaker is 7% lighter. See all 100 fonts like Alan Sans.